Miami, FL, Tuesday, June 2, 2009 – Leading online poker sites UltimateBet and Absolute Poker today revealed a revamped Tournament Leaderboard competition for 2009, raising the stakes to give online poker players at both sites a million reasons to keep on coming back.

This year’s Tournament Leaderboard competitions combine both online poker sites on the CEREUS Poker Network to create an even more lucrative yearly prizepool of over $1 Million, and is guaranteed to give players the benefit of more prize money on the table in the weekly, monthly and yearly leaderboard competitions at UltimateBet and Absolute Poker.

The changes to the system incorporate real-time leaderboard status updates, and deliver a more user-friendly Tournament Leaderboard page, so that players can instantly and effortlessly see where they rank in the current pecking order at any given time.

A highlight of the June relaunch includes the Yearly Tournament Leaderboard with a total prize pool of $100,000 up for grabs, with $50,000 awarded to the top 10 finishers, including cash and Aruba Poker Clascis prize packages to the top 3 places. The top 100 players of the year will also be invited to participate in a $50,000 Yearly Tournament Leaderboard freeroll.

Players at UltimateBet and Absolute Poker are automatically enrolled into the site’s weekly, monthly and yearly leaderboard competitions. To climb to the top of the leaderboard ladder, the winning player must collect the most points by doing well in a lot of big tournaments. There’s no fee to join in the Leaberboard competitions, and now that both online poker sites employ the same unique tournament leaderboard formula, it’s arguably the best Leaderboard Competition in the business.

“I love a good contest at the poker tables,” said 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. “With $100,000 now on the line for free, and state of the art technology to check out where you stand on the leader board, let the games begin!"

The leaderboard ranking system is designed to account for the varying levels of skill in different buy-in tournaments and the number of players in a tournament. The higher a player cashes in a tournament, and the bigger the prize pool, the more points he or she will earn.

CEREUS, which launched on November 25th , 2008 after more than 12 months of development, delivers a secure, responsive and flexible online poker gaming experience to members of the UB and AP communities. While Absolute Poker and UltimateBet both retain the features and qualities that make them unique, players on both sites now play together at the same tables and in the same tournaments, and compete in the one Tournament Leaderboard competition.

About UltimateBetDesigned with the assistance of the best poker players in the world – Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke – UltimateBet provides the best poker games available on the net through the CEREUS poker network. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments and get tips from the pros to learn the sport or to enhance their playing strategy.

About Absolute PokerAbsolute Poker is part of the CEREUS poker network and is dedicated to providing players from around the world with an online poker game experience that is second to none. Players worldwide can access Absolute Poker online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from any PC or Mac and experience the best multi-player game online poker has to offer. Absolute Poker is committed to remaining the most trusted and best online poker experience, created by poker players for poker players._____________________________________________________________________________________________For further media information, please contact:Kathryn Farrell – PR Manager Email: kathryn@tbtagency.com